Birds to See in Washington in February
122 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, American Robin, Mallard and Northern Flicker. New this month: Say's Phoebe and Whooper Swan.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
Varied ThrushBusiest month of the year · All year
Brent GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Tundra SwanBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlBusiest month of the year · All year
Glaucous GullBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Northern MockingbirdBusiest month of the year · All year
From Washington’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 122 birds in February
122 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.38% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb- Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.74% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.68% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Feb- Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made